Aspidosperma
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Aspidospermateae
Genus: Aspidosperma
Mart. & Zucc.
Synonyms[1]
  • Coutinia Vell.
  • Cufodontia Woodson
  • Macaglia Rich. ex Vahl, rejected name
  • Paralyxia Baill.
  • Peltospermum DC.
  • Thyroma Miers
Aspidosperma sp. - MHNT
Aspidosperma carapanauba - MHNT

Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[1][2]

Species[1]
  1. Aspidosperma album - Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  2. Aspidosperma araracanga - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, NW Brazil
  3. Aspidosperma auriculatum - Pará
  4. Aspidosperma australe - Brazil, NE Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
  5. Aspidosperma camporum - S Brazil
  6. Aspidosperma capitatum - Colombia, Peru
  7. Aspidosperma carapanauba - Brazil, Peru, French Guiana
  8. Aspidosperma cuspa - Panama, Hispaniola, south to Paraguay
  9. Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon - Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia
  10. Aspidosperma darienense - Panama, N South America
  11. Aspidosperma decussatum - Bolívar in Venezuela
  12. Aspidosperma desmanthum - from Chiapas to Brazil
  13. Aspidosperma discolor - Brazil
  14. Aspidosperma dispermum - Serra do Espinhaço in Brazil
  15. Aspidosperma eburneum - Brazil
  16. Aspidosperma eteanum - NW Brazil
  17. Aspidosperma excelsum - from Costa Rica to NW Brazil
  18. Aspidosperma fendleri - Venezuela, Guyana
  19. Aspidosperma formosanum - Goiás
  20. Aspidosperma gehrtii - São Paulo
  21. Aspidosperma glaucum - Amazonas in Venezuela
  22. Aspidosperma helstonei - Suriname, French Guiana
  23. Aspidosperma illustre - E Brazil
  24. Aspidosperma inundatum - Amazonas + Pará in Brazil
  25. Aspidosperma leucocymosum - Amazonas in Venezuela, Amazonas in Brazil
  26. Aspidosperma limae - Pernambuco
  27. Aspidosperma macrocarpon - Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil
  28. Aspidosperma macrophyllum - Guyana, French Guiana
  29. Aspidosperma megalocarpon - from Veracruz to N Brazil
  30. Aspidosperma megaphyllum - Acre, NE Peru
  31. Aspidosperma multiflorum - Brazil, Bolivia
  32. Aspidosperma myristicifolia - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Acre
  33. Aspidosperma nanum - Mato Grosso
  34. Aspidosperma neblinae - Amazonas in Venezuela
  35. Aspidosperma nemorale - S Brazil
  36. Aspidosperma nigricans - Paraíba
  37. Aspidosperma nobile - Brazil, Bolivia
  38. Aspidosperma oblongum - Venezuela, Guianas
  39. Aspidosperma obscurinervium - Amazonas in Brazil
  40. Aspidosperma olivaceum - S Brazil
  41. Aspidosperma pachypterum - Amazonas in Venezuela
  42. Aspidosperma parvifolium - Brazil
  43. Aspidosperma pichonianum - Bolívar in Venezuela
  44. Aspidosperma polyneuron - from Colombia to Paraguay
  45. Aspidosperma pyricollum Brazil
  46. Aspidosperma pyrifolium - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  47. Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
  48. Aspidosperma ramiflorum - Brazil, Bolivia
  49. Aspidosperma reductum - Paraguay
  50. Aspidosperma resonans - Bolivia
  51. Aspidosperma riedelii - Brazil, Paraguay
  52. Aspidosperma rigidum - from Costa Rica to NW Brazil
  53. Aspidosperma salgadense - Pará
  54. Aspidosperma sandwithianum Markgr. - Guianas
  55. Aspidosperma schultesii - Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil
  56. Aspidosperma spruceanum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guianas
  57. Aspidosperma steyermarkii - Bolívar in Venezuela
  58. Aspidosperma subincanum - Brazil, Bolivia
  59. Aspidosperma thomasii - Bahia
  60. Aspidosperma tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  61. Aspidosperma triternatum - Paraguay, N. Argentina
  62. Aspidosperma ulei - Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia
  63. Aspidosperma vargasii - Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela (incl Antilles), Colombia
  64. Aspidosperma williamii - Amazonas in Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora Brasiliensis: Aspidosperma (in Portuguese)


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